Quakertown Area

July 11, 1996|by CARYLN CRESSMAN (A free-lance story for The Morning Call)

The Marine Band of Allentown will open the Concert in the Park series at 7 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Park, Quakertown. Sponsors are the borough of Quakertown and Harleysville National Bank & Trust.

Residents are invited to bring blankets or lawn chairs to the park. In the event of inclement weather, concerts will be held in the Quakertown High School auditorium, Fifth Street and Park Avenue. Signs will be posted at the park if the performance is being held indoors.

Quakertown Band's summer schedule includes three remaining performances this month.The group will play 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Tinicum Arts Festival, River Road, Tinicum. On Wednesday it will perform 7-9 p.m. at Quakertown National Bank, Third and Broad streets, Quakertown, and on July 30, 7-9 p.m. at Menlo Park, Fifth Street and Park Avenue, Perkasie. All dates are rain or shine.

Jeff Marshall of the Heritage Conservancy was the speaker at a recent meeting of the Quakertown Historical Society. The subject was Barns of Bucks County. Marshall showed slides and discussed the differences in construction, materials used and the usage of the buildings.

Registration has begun for a Science in the Summer: Dream Machines by SmithKline Beecham program at the James A. Michener Library in Quakertown. Participants must attend all sessions, July 22-25. Limit 15 per group. Times are: 10-10:45 a.m. or 1-1:45 p.m. for fall grades 2-3; 11:15-noon or 2:15-3 p.m. for fall grades 4-6. Parent must be present to sign forms.

A meeting of the bereavement support group will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the first floor skilled nursing unit at St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital. The free program, co-sponsored by LifeQuest's Hospice and St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital, provides support for those who have lost a loved one and is held the third Monday of every month.

The next meeting of the bereavement support group for young widows and widowers will be at 6:30 p.m. July 22 at the LifeSpan Day Care, Route 663, Quakertown. Child care will be provided. The free program, co-sponsored by LifeQuest's Hospice and LifeSpan Day Care, is held the fourth Monday of every month.

Shrimp and spaghetti night will be held 5:30-9 p.m. tomorrow at American Legion Post 242, 610 E. Broad Street, Quakertown. Shrimp platters include fries and slaw and spaghetti platters include meatballs, bread and salad. A roast beef sandwich with fries will also be available.

WIC (Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children) is a health and nutrition program for pregnant and breastfeeding women and for children who are under five years of age who meets eligibility requirements. It provides checks to buy infant formula, milk, cheese, eggs, peanut butter, fruit juices, cereal and dry peas and beans.

For more information contact the Bucks County Department of Health at 515 S. West End Blvd., County North Annex Bldg., Quakertown, (215) 536-6500.

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Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Bucks County needs adult volunteers from the Quakertown area to become Big Brothers or Big Sisters. A dozen boys and eight girls from Quakertown, Richlandtown, Perkasie, Sellersville and Telford have been waiting more than six months for service because of a lack of volunteers.

Volunteers serve as mentors and meet one-to-one with youth who are referred to the program from schools, groups and community agencies. The children usually come from single-parent homes where a lack of extended family or limited community involvement may isolate them from enough positive adult attention.

Each volunteer-child match is based on the child's need as much as the interest and availability of the volunteer who receives training and ongoing support throughout the match relationship.

Interested persons should call (215) 343-8260.

RICHLANDTOWN

Lauren Neas, eight-year-old daughter of Robert and Karen Neas of Richlandtown and a pupil at Neidig Elementary School, has won the Miss Pennsylvania Hostess and first runner-up American Princess Hostess title at the annual state pageant which was held in Cherry Hill, N.J. She will represent her state at the National Miss American Princess pageant in Florida Nov. 25-Dec. 1.